Well that was a pleasant little gift--or not.

[VintageMusclecar]

So I'm out in the shop just a little while ago wrapping up for the day. I go to lower the garage door down when all of a sudden the garage door drops the last 12" or so to the floor and there's a lout *BANG!* immediately followed by the sound of something bouncing around in the shop. (Note that the 16'X7' garage door on my shop is solid wood and easily weighs several hundred pounds)

After a quick check to make sure I wasn't bleeding or missing any appendages, I took a look around and found these laying on the floor (I picked them up & placed them together before taking the pic):



I found this laying next to them:



I look up and see this:



THANK GOD no one was standing underneath when the springs broke.

Now I'm in a pickle; the Chevelle is parked directly underneath the other side of the door with those springs directly overhead. There's no way in hell I can lift the door by myself with only one side with spring assist, so until my contractor pal can swing by tomorrow to help me assess the situation, my paranoia levels are off the charts that the other springs are going to break and **ck up the Chevelle in the process.

In light of the absurd weight of my existing door, my contractor pal is going to get me a price on a modern replacement door + installation. Unfortunately the shop needs more repairs before a new door can be installed--namely where the springs on the other side of the door have actually pulled the exterior wall towards the inside of the shop due to the amount of tension they've had to have on them for all these years.

And as can always be expected, Mr. Murphy rears his ugly face once again--I was <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">just</span></span> starting to get a little $ ahead and was planning on getting the 302 back on the dyno in the next couple of weeks.

You ever get the impression that no matter how hard you try to accomplish something, certain things just do not seem meant to be? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

I'm not giving up yet, but DAMN this &quot;one step forward two steps backward&quot; shit sure is getting old.